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Because of CLTC

Client Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity at UC Berkeley

Because of CLTC

A visual campaign celebrating a decade of cyber-resilience innovation.

Role
Development coordinator · campaign identity
Year
2025
Client
Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity at UC Berkeley
Location
Berkeley, CA

Overview

Ten years of impact, told by the people who lived it.

UC Berkeley’s Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity turned ten. They wanted a short video series to celebrate the decade, reach people on LinkedIn and raise money at the end of the year. I work on CLTC’s development team. For the anniversary I designed the campaign logo and the visual identity for the series and produced the donor videos.

The brief

Short, first-person, and built to ask for support.

Format4–5 videos under 30 seconds each, every one opening with “Because of CLTC…”.
VoicesFirst-person stories from the team and, most importantly, from students and partners.
TimingReleased weekly, overlapping Giving Tuesday (Dec 2) and the year-end ask (Dec 16).
EpisodeStory
#1 · Nov 18Intro: public-interest cyber and the Cyber Resilience Corps
#2 · Nov 26The UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Clinic and its spread to 25 states
#3 · Dec 2Giving Tuesday: student research on privacy and AI
#4Series spotlight: everyone featured so far
#5 · Dec 16Finale with CLTC leadership and UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons

Identity

A serif “Because of” and a bold “CLTC”.

The wordmark pairs an italic serif with a heavy sans: the story half and the institution half. I tested stacking, line breaks and colour on UC Berkeley navy, then layered it over halftone portraits of the people in the series.

Wordmark explorations on UC Berkeley navy
Wordmark explorations on UC Berkeley navy
Cover explorations with halftone portraits
Cover explorations with halftone portraits
Final system
Final system

The series

Craig Newmark reposted the donor videos, the first one without being asked.

See the series on LinkedIn ↗